title: Work complexity assessment. Decision support data to address cost and culture issues.
abstract: Nurse administrators, in response to budget imperatives, have made decisions that, rather than solve their difficulties, magnify them. Finding solutions that address cost as well as culture changes in nursing is crucial if we are to remain financially and professionally viable. In this article, the authors describe a tool for reconstructing reality for both cost reduction and relationship development.
authors.affiliation: Patient Services, HealthSystem Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Forte
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Forstrom
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000458:organization & administration; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010559:Personnel Management; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014481:United States; D014937:Work / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data